Read full poem →In three seal-rings; which after, melted down,
Form'd a vast buckle for his widow's gown:
Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew,
Dictionary Entry
A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
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Common Phrases
. widowwidow youngwidow poorwidow blackwidow oldwidow merry
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Poetry examples for “widow”
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Read full poem →would-be-widow wife.
Read full poem →140. halls, college buildings.
141. dowager, the widow of a nobleman.
dean, the chief disciplinary officer of a college. Notice the
Read full poem →_ Strove for sixty widow’d years to help his homelier
brother men,
Read full poem →but marrying a rich widow got into the
House^ and is now Commissioner in all
Read full poem →Eastward Hoe, a Comedy, 1605 ; and to Fletcher and
Middleton in The Widow, a Comedy, 1652.
Read full poem →For that he swears he hath four only swiv'd,
A maid, a wife, a widow, and a whore:
Then, Liber, thou hast swiv'd all womenkind,
Read full poem →Franois M. Witcuer, author of ‘‘Widow Bedot,’’
which was also her nom-de-plume.
Read full poem →scope for dramatic energy, so it is not surprising to find that when her
husband died, after a few years of married life, the young widow had a
vain struggle to maintain herself and three little ones, William Henry,
Read full poem →CHRISTMAS AT INDIAN POINT
WIDOW LA RUE
DR. SCUDDER'S CLINICAL LECTURE